Dave you need to quote your variables ie. var="*pacman*"; echo "$var" so printf "Search: %s\n" $myvar should read printf "Search: %s\n" "$myvar" On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:39 PM, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 08/13/2010 01:32 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: >> >> On 08/13/2010 01:15 AM, mike rosset wrote: >>> >>> quote command arguments like you would normally do. >>> >>> ie. $ myscript "*pacman*" >> >> Nope: >> >> 01:32 nirvana:~/scr/arch/tmp> ./tst.sh "pacman*" >> Search: pacman-foo >> >> > > Mike, > > I'm sorry, that was a short answer. My thoughts in this situation > were that partial or soft-quoting "" would not offer any additional > protection that full or hard-quoting '' did not already provide. From ABS: > > partial quoting [double quote]. "STRING" preserves (from interpretation) > most of the special characters within STRING. > > full quoting [single quote]. 'STRING' preserves all special characters > within STRING. This is a stronger form of quoting than "STRING". > > I'd run across this a couple of days ago on the pacman -Ss reformat > script work. > > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > Rankin Law Firm, PLLC > 510 Ochiltree Street > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > Telephone: (936) 715-9333 > Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 > www.rankinlawfirm.com >
